Ever since I was a kid I had a hard time with things like Novocaine when they needed to fill a cavity, When I needed stitches in my head they had to give me triple. As I grew up and became a young mother I found during my breast cancer battles that regular doses of about any med were simply not enough! From benedryl to anesthesia. I would be on the operating table and the anesthesiologist would stare down at me and say "OMG I cant believe you are awake! I gave you a double dose!"

Fast forward to the MS years. The MRI scares me so. I am claustrophobic and when I lay down flat my tummy backwashes and they fear I will vomit in the tube, So, they "try" to knock me out. I have had just boat loads of meds, and I am sitting there like "what?" its amazing, I have a tiny sense that I was given a med, but there aint no way that is enough. They normally talk about how much they gave me, and knocking out a small village...dont care! im still perfectly awake! So now they just knock me out, tube me and get it over with rather than give me so many meds it stops my breathing.

Anyone else? Need more pain meds than the average bear? more novacaine? more anesthesia? Whats with that??

One anesthesia guy told me greater than 20% of the population doesnt react to medications the way they expect, so 1 in 5 have issues. im just one of them. That made me feel better.